10 Years Ago •
March 27, 2000
• Cook County Head Football Coach Lyle Anderson accepted the Minnesota Football Coaches Association “Coach of the Year” award March 17.
Anderson and his staff have led the Cook County Vikings to three consecutive Class A football championships. • Monday, March 13 was an historic day for Cook County High School sports. On that afternoon, under the tutelage of head coach Sue Nelson, the first CCHS girls softball practice got under way.
According to Nelson, 39 girls from grades 7 through 12 are involved in the fledgling program, a number she calls “really exciting.” • Following in the footsteps of the Minnesota Historical Society, the Cook County commissioners voted unanimously last week to support actions of the U.S. Congress to fund construction of a Heritage Center for the Grand Portage National Monument. The state historical society passed a motion to that effect on Jan. 20.
The funds requested are $4,640,000, with the building being $3.74 million of that. The preferred location for the center is on Highway 61 near the national monument and on the reservation.
20 Years Ago •
March 26, 1990
• Thefate of the Schroeder post officeremains in limbo, but a recent visit by U.S. Congressman James Oberstar gave townspeople a chance to state their case, ask for support and solicit political advice.
“We still have to pursue it through the U.S. Postal Service,” town clerk Marian Calph said. “Mr. Oberstar gave us his support and suggested we pursue economic growth, the number of bodies in Schroeder, land sales, and so on to prove our point.”
No action has been taken by the Postal Service for any type of change at this point. • The county Planning & Zoning Office is looking for the drawings which were made by the Governor’s Design Team when it visited Grand Marais during September 1988. The material could be used as a starting point for development of Grand Marais’ comprehensive plan.
The only problem is, no one knows what happened to the plans, which circulated among the various citizens committees formed in the wake of the visit.
Anyone with information about the plans can contact the county’s Planning & Zoning Office.
50 Years Ago •
March 24, 1960
• A savage northwest wind, part of a wide area storm, hit Grand Marais and other North Shore points with destructive power Monday afternoon and night. The U.S. Coast Guard clocked its velocity at 52 to 54 mph with gusts from 55 to 65 mph.
One aluminum window was torn from the Coast Guard house, another from the station.
Insurance companies reported several claims had come in as a result of the storm. • TheAmerican Legion hopes to purchase two TV sets for the North Shore Hospital.
A benefit dance, with advance ticket sales, is being planned to raise funds for this worthy project April 2 at the Harbor Light. • Last Thursday, 27 representatives of various county governmental units who have an interest and responsibility in the welfare of the youth, met in the high school library to discuss juvenile smoking.
Interest in the problem has been growing throughout the county until some definite step was mandatory. • Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and family spent a few days of last week visiting relatives in Gilbert, Brimson and Duluth. On their way home something went wrong with the steering apparatus, so that they couldn’t control the car.
They went into the ditch, and all suffered bruises. Thecar was badly wrecked.
90 Years Ago • March 24, 1920
• The Republican county convention which was held at the courthouse last Wednesday sent six delegates to the state convention, uninstructed. • A number of the high school girls went for a car ride Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it very much except that they had to walk home over a very wet road as one of the wheels came off. • With the evident approach of spring, many of our fishermen are fixing up their nets, all ready for a big haul this summer. • Charley Nylund is assisting in the barber shop during the absence of Jim Woods.
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